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Originally Posted by wraggster

Microsoft's Flight Simulator has long prodded gamers to splash out on hardware upgrades and insane joysticks. Like Madonna, it's reinvented itself for the 21st century as a single-named free-to-play game for those who want to zoom around the skies of Hawaii. The company will make its money by selling premium add-ons including new aircraft and "adventure packs." The game is now ready for download (at the source

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zynga’s popular casual Facebook puzzler Hidden Chronicles has finally seen its growth slow to 33.1m monthly active users.
The social network game has seen a massive increase in popularity since launching two months ago, and is still the third most popular title on Facebook, behind Zynga’s CityVille and Texas HoldEm Poker. But it now appears to have reached a peak, with users remaining steady at around the 33m mark over the past two weeks.
CityVille lost 300,000 monthly active users

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Konami has confirmed an autumn release date for Zone of the Enders HD Collection for PS3 and Xbox 360 in the UK.
The SKU will combine the only two previous releases in the series – 2001’s PS2 outing Zone of the Enders and 2003 sequel Zone of the Enders: The 2^nd Runner.
Both games have been given the prerequisite HD visual makeover.
“We are looking forward to bringing the legendary Zone of the Enders series to old and new fans in a high definition form,” Martin Schneider,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Resident Evil pre-order numbers are through the roof, Capcom says.
The firm believes Operation Raccoon City can defy the depressed market and attract a wider audience than just the core Resident Evil fan.
“Our pre-order figures have given us a huge amount of confidence that the title will perform well despite the current conditions at UK retail,” said UK product manager Karl Reader.
“Consumers are buying brands they can trust. The Resident Evil brand is synonymous with high

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Alex Seropian recently left Disney Interactive to form his own mobile studio, Industrial Toys, but prior to that Seropian was a co-founder at Bungie. Now that Bungie has handed the hit Halo franchise over to Microsoft, some are wondering if the Redmond giant can do the series justice. Seropian recently told GameSpot that he believes the series is in good hands.
"I don't think I can be anything other than hopeful that it will be great. We'll see. Halo is one of the crown jewels in the

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